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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1946-06-29 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 14079 · 2:25

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 2–0. Russ Christopher earned the win and Jesse Flores picked up the save. George McQuinn went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

W: Russ Christopher L: Red Ruffing SV: Jesse Flores

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jim Boyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Russ Derry	5	0	0	0	0	1
Irv Hall	4	1	1	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	1	1	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	1
Buddy Rosar	3	0	2	1	1	0
Hank Majeski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Suder	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tuck Stainback	4	0	2	0	0	0
Russ Christopher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Phil Rizzuto	2	1	0	1
Tommy Henrich	4	2	0	1
Charlie Keller	2	0	2	0
Joe DiMaggio	3	0	1	0
Billy Johnson	4	0	0	2
Johnny Lindell	3	0	1	1
Joe Gordon	4	1	0	0
Aaron Robinson	4	1	0	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0
Nick Etten	0	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	0	0	1	0
Snuffy Stirnweiss	2	1	0	0
Oscar Grimes	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	5.0	3	3	4
Jesse Flores	4.0	3	3	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	5.0	4	0	1
Randy Gumpert	2.0	1	2	1
Mel Queen	0.0	1	1	0
Johnny Murphy	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Russ Derry: K/C
Irv Hall: 63
George McQuinn: 7

Bot 1

Phil Rizzuto: S
Tommy Henrich: K
Charlie Keller: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 4/L

Top 2

Sam Chapman: 63
Buddy Rosar: 43
Hank Majeski: S
Pete Suder: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Billy Johnson: K
Johnny Lindell: K
Joe Gordon: D/89
Aaron Robinson: 43

Top 3

Tuck Stainback: 53
Russ Christopher: 63
Russ Derry: 2/FL

Bot 3

Red Ruffing: 6E3
Phil Rizzuto: K
Tommy Henrich: S.1-2
Charlie Keller: W.2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Irv Hall: 9
George McQuinn: HR/9
Sam Chapman: 5/FL
Buddy Rosar: D/78
Hank Majeski: 13

Bot 4

Billy Johnson: 31
Johnny Lindell: W
Joe Gordon: 54(1)/FO
Aaron Robinson: 8

Top 5

Pete Suder: 6/P
Tuck Stainback: S
Russ Christopher: 24/SH.1-2
Russ Derry: 3/FL

Bot 5

Nick Etten: W
Phil Rizzuto: 34/SH.1-2
Tommy Henrich: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 6

Irv Hall: W
George McQuinn: 3/P
Sam Chapman: K/C
Buddy Rosar: S.1-3
Hank Majeski: 9

Bot 6

Charlie Keller: 7
Joe DiMaggio: W
Billy Johnson: K/C
Johnny Lindell: 4/P

Top 7

Pete Suder: W
Tuck Stainback: 64(1)/FO
Jesse Flores: 24/SH.1-2
Russ Derry: 43

Bot 7

Joe Gordon: 99
Aaron Robinson: 99
Bill Dickey: W
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 99

Top 8

Irv Hall: T9
George McQuinn: E6.3-3;B-1
Sam Chapman: W.1-2
Buddy Rosar: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Hank Majeski: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Pete Suder: 12(3)3/GDP

Bot 8

Tommy Henrich: S
Charlie Keller: W.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 2/FL
Billy Johnson: 7
Johnny Lindell: 2/FL

Top 9

Tuck Stainback: S
Jesse Flores: K
Russ Derry: 46(1)/FO
Irv Hall: 9

Bot 9

Joe Gordon: 99
Aaron Robinson: S
Oscar Grimes: 4/P
Snuffy Stirnweiss: S7.1-3;BX2(74)

Notes & reviews

Grounder was a hard shot off Ruffing's knee directly to Lindell; Ruffing left after one more inning
pbp account ends here, rest deduced
Rizzuto tore the nail on his right index finger on Stainback's sharp grounder and left game

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